Humanitarian Agencies & Private Sector in Disaster Preparedness
A meeting was held with the cooperation of the private sector to discuss about message dissemination with regard to monsoon floods. A-PAD Sri Lanka was more focused on providing guidelines to private sector business of how to be resilient from floods. The initialΒ
Letβs learn what is unknown to us. Let us correct our mistakes. Excellent attitude, Knowledge, understanding of your skills will constitute a healthy Society.
Continuing the spread of awarenessΒ among communities on disasterΒ preparedness and mitigation, A-PADΒ Sri Lanka with private sector stakeholders in Jaffna created family oriented disaster riskΒ awareness posters. These stickers entail information based on emergency contactΒ numbers, emergency βgrab-bagβ and theΒ Doβs and Donβts in case of calamities. OverΒ 2000
Drought, Flood & Climate Change in Sri Lanka and the Business Sector – A Partnership between A-PAD Sri Lanka & World Food Program (WFP)
Disasters and fluctuating climaticΒ conditions during the past decade have been significantlyΒ on the rise, especially in Sri Lanka. Thus,Β causing significant damage to the over-allΒ development of Sri Lanka and particularlyΒ the business entity, which faced a 90% lossΒ (Source: PDNA 2016). Recurring calamitiesΒ have now become private sectorβs
District Platform Meeting β Jaffna
The second northern platform meeting was held on the 29th of September 2017 under the guidance of the Government Agent Mr. N. Vethanayagan and the assistant director Mr. S. Ravi. The meeting was primarily for the Private sector people, NGOβs and the Government
